iOS 5.1 Battery Drain Even Worse!
After installing iOS 5.1, the battery drain on my iPhone 4S is much worse than with 5 or 5.0.1. Battery down 14% in the last hour. Apple techs contacted me about battery issues with 5.0.1. I even let them install a diagnostic tool on my 4S that allowed them to collect data. I am beginning to think this is a hardware problem. I am on a 64GB 4S on Verizon. My wife is on a 32 GB 4S on Verizon and her phone is just fine. With 5.1, I did the OTA update first. After noticing the severe drain after the install, I did a clean install, restoring as a new phone. Location services are off, including the time zone settings, etc., Bluetooth is off, and all email accounts are set to manual. All apps are set not to push notifications. Tonight at a church function, battery was draining so fast that I put the phone into airplane mode. Still dropped about 7% in 20 minutes with doing absolutely nothing on the phone.
Apple, I hope you are reading this. I dealt with thus since the release of this phone. Got it the first day it was out. Spent the night at the Verizon Store on Cobb Parkway in Atlanta to get my first iPhone. Was first in line. I couldn't wait to get rid of my Droid X. My iPhone 4S, while being an incredible device, has been an utter disappointment when it comes to battery life. Your ads for this phone touted great battery life. That has been far from reality. I believe you are headed for a. class action lawsuit if this is not fixed soon. I am so tired of being tied to a power outlet. At least my Android would last all day.
iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1, iPhone 4s | 64GB | Black